C206 PLT GOES IMC IN VFR FLT DURING A NIGHT OP.

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AT THE TIME OF THIS WRITING I DON'T KNOW OF ANY VIOLATIONS DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE SIT. I RECEIVED A WX BRIEFING BY PHONE JUST PRIOR TO TKOF. THE BRIEFER INDICATED LIGHT ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS OVER HFD 3 MI VISIBILITY 2300 FT CEILING; DXR 4000 FT AND CLR. HE ALSO INDICATED THIS WX WAS NOT IN THE FORECAST FOR TODAY. AFTER TALKING TO A CFII WHO JUST LANDED AFTER SEVERAL PRACTICE APCHS INDICATED THAT VISIBILITY WAS PRETTY GOOD; JUST PASSING SNOW SHOWERS. I DEPARTED VFR; CLBED TO 2000 FT AND WAS IN SNOW BUT HAD GOOD VISIBILITY ALL AROUND. ABOUT 10 MI W OF HFD; IT BECAME APPARENT CONTINUED VFR WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. I NOTIFIED TWR WHICH TURNED ME OVER TO BDL APCH. AS SOON AS APCH STARTED TO GIVE IFR CLRNC; I WAS IMC. THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF CONFUSION ON MY PART TRYING TO SORT OUT WHAT THE CTLR WANTED; AS I WAS TRYING TO NAV TO A VOR THAT I DID NOT KNOW WHAT THE FREQ WAS; OR THE EXACT HDG. I WAS ALSO TRYING TO LOCATE THE APPROPRIATE CHART; PREPARE FOR ADDITIONAL CLRNC; DEAL WITH TURB THEN ICE. LATER; CTR ASKED TO VERIFY ALT 6000 FT; I CONFIRMED. HE ADVISED ALTIMETER SETTING; I CORRECTED THEN. I READ 6220 FT. I CORRECTED ALT AND FLEW HOME WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE WORKLOAD WOULD HAVE BEEN GREATLY REDUCED IF THE CTLRS WOULD AT LEAST GIVE THE FREQ (NAV) ALONG WITH A VECTOR TO THE FIRST POS SO THE PLT CAN WORK ON THE REST OF THE PLAN.